Harvester



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CHARLES J. GARDNER, OF SANTA ANA, GALIFORNIA.

HARVESTER.

Specification of Letters I atent. Patented M y 1 1 1920 Application filed August 9, 1919. Serial No. 316,445.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES J. Gnaonnn, a subject of the King of Sweden, residing at Santa Ana, in the county of Orange and State of California, have .invented new and useful Improvements in Harvesters, of

vester embodying the principles of my in vention. p

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the bean vester shown in Fig. 1, parts be1ng broken away to show the details.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of one member" of the bean harvester shown in Fig. 1, parts being broken away.

Fig. 4 is a side elevation looking in the direction indicated by the arrow 4 in Fig. 3 and on the same plane as Fig.2 and showing the parts in different positions.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary sectional'elevation-on a plane parallel with 4 and looking in the direction indicated by the arrow 5 in Fig. 3. I n

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary elevatlon looking .in the direction indicated by the arrow 6 in Fig. 7 is an enlar ed cross sectional detail on'the line 77 of Fig. 1. v

The caterpillar tractor 1 has a solid frame 2. The'supporting beams 3 and 4 are placed against opposite sides of the frame 2 and secured in place by bolts 5. The supporting beams 3 and 4 extend forwardly aconsiderable distance from the caterpillar tractor in horizontal parallel planes. A shaft 6 is mounted in bearings 7 and 8 upon the supporting beams 3 and 4 directly in front of the frame 2. A worm and worm gear construction 9 is mounted upon 'the shaft 6 and supporting beam 4. A .rod 10 extends from the worm along side the hood of the tractor and has a handwheel 11 convenient to the operator when upon the seat 12.

Cables 13 and 14 are attached to and wound upon the ends of the shaft 6. The

- cables 15 and 16 are attached to and wound upon the shaft 6 inside of the bearings 7 and 8. The shaft 6 serves as a windlass for operating the cables 13, 14, 15 and 16.

The close beam 17 is mounted below the supporting beams 3 and 4 crosswlse of the beams 3 and 4 and extends a considerable distance each way from the beams. The lower ends of the cables 13 and 1-4 are attached to the cross beam 17 by eyes 18 so that when the handwheel 11 'is operated the cross beam 17 may be raised or lowered.

Posts 19 and 20 extend upwardly from the forward ends of the supporting beams 3 and 4, and guide rollers 21 and 22 are mounted at the upper ends of the posts 19 and 20.

The tilting beams 23 and 24 are mounted against the. inner faces of the rigid supportlng beams 3 and 4, and a rod 25 is inserted through the rigid supporting beams har- Y 3 and'4 and through the tilting beams 23 and 24 near the centers of the projecting portions of the supporting beams 3 and 4 and slightly back of the centers of the tiltmg beams 23 and 24 so as to pivotally mount the tilting beams.

The forward ends of the cables 15 and 16 are attached to the forward ends of the tilt- -1ng beams 23 and 24 in front of the posts 19 and 20, so that when the handwheel 11 is operated the forward. ends of the tilting beams'23 and 24 may be raised or lowered.

Referring to Fig. 7, a yielding connection 26 is formed between the rear end of the tilting beam 24 and the supporting beam 4, said yielding connection consisting of a long bolt 27 fitting between the beams in a vertical position, U-clips 28 and 29 embracing the beams one extending downwardly and the other upwardly, the bolt 27 extending through the centers of the clips 28 and 29, expansive coil springs 30 and 31 upon the bolt against the clips, and spring seats 32 and 33 upon the bolt against the springs. The tension of the springs 30 and 31 is exerted to hold the tilting beam 24 normally parallel with the supporting beam 4. In a like manner the yielding connection 34 connects the rear end of the tilting beam 23 to the supporting beam 3. 4

A crossbar 35 is notched into the forward ends of the tilting beams 23 and 24 and rigidly secured in place by bolts and extends a considerable distance each way in a plane parallel with the cross beam 17. Braces 36 connect the outer ends of the crossbar 35 to the left-hand ends of the cross beam 17 and the crossbar 35.

. runners 39 and 40 and extend backwardly and outwardly'at angles of about 45. The guide bars 43 and 44 are attached to the runners above the cutters 41 and 42 and extend backwardly and outwardly substantially parallel with the cutters.

A U-clip 45 embraces the end of the cross bar 35 and extends backwardly to form a.

clevis. The tongue46 is connected to the I clevis 45 by a vertical bolt 47. The tongue 46 has side bars 48 and 49 extending backwardly from the clevis and diverging to the width of the runners 39 and 40, and arms 50 and 51 extending downwardly from the rear portions of the side bars 48 and 49. The lower ends of the arms 50 and 51 fit against the sides of the runners 39 and 40 and bolts 52 are inserted through the lower ends of the arms and loosely through slots 53 in the runners so as to make a slidlng con nection between the tongue and the runners. Gross pieces 54 are notched into the upper edges of the runners 39 and 40 and rigldly secured in place. The ends 55 and 56 of the cross pieces project outwardly beyond the outer faces of the runners and the arms 50 and 51 draw against the projecting ends 55 and 56 to pull the sled.

A colter 57 has a shank 58 embraclng the clevis 45 and secured in place by the same bolts 59 which secure the clevis in place.

Referring to Fig-5, the cross pieces 54 are placed near .together side by side. Plates 60 and 61 are placed against the upper and vlower faces of the cross pleces. Bolts 62 are placed between the cross pieces and extend through the plates 60 and 61, there being heads upon the lower ends of the bolts and nuts upon the upper ends or vice versa.

The prow 63 comprises a center bar 64, side plates 65 and 66 secured to the center bar by rivets or bolts 67, and a shoe 68 secured to the lower edges of the plates 65v and 66 and to the lower forward end of the bar 64. The rear lower corners of the plates 65 and 66 fit against the outer faces of the lower front corners 39 and 40 and are secured pivotally in place by bolts 69.

The upper rear end 70 of the bar 64 extends beyond the upper rear edges of the plates 65 and 66. A link 71 is connected to the upper rear end, 70 of the bar 64 by a pivot 72. A supporting bar 73 extends crosswise of the link 71 and is secured to the link by a bolt 74. The supporting bar 73 has its ends bent around the straps 75 of the runners so as to connect the supporting bar 73 slidingly to the runners, there being notches 76 formed in the upper front corners of the runners to make a clearance The link 71 consists of two angle bars 77 and 78. The horizontal flanges of the angle bars 77 and 78 extend through the guide opening 80 in which the angle bars 77 and 78 slide.

A sector plate 81 is rigidly secured between the rear ends of the angle bars 77 and 78 by rivets 82. A hand lever 83 is mounted beside the sector plate 81 upon" a pivot 84, and the lower end of the hand lever is bent downwardly to form a cam 85 to engage against the rear face of the plate 79.

The hand lever 83 has a pin 86 controlled by a lever 87 to engage perforations 88 in the sector plate 81, so that by manipulating the hand lever 83 and the lever 87 the cam 85 may be operated to pullthe link 71 backwardly or forwardly to raise or lower the nose 89 of the prow 63 relative to the runners 39 and 40.

The colter 57 runs straight in front of the nose 89 of the bean harvesting member 37. The colter 57 and the shank 58 may be re moved when its use is not desired.

The shoe 68 has cutting edges 90 substantially on a level with the cutting edges 91 and 92 of the cutters 41 and 42. The details of the bean harvesting member 38 are identical with the details of the bean harvesting member 37 above described.

The harvester shown in Fig. 1 has two complete bean harvesting members 37 and 38. The member is adapted to run with the colter 57 and the nose 89 half way between the rows indicated by thedotted lines 93 and 94, and the bean harvesting men1- ber 38 is adapted to run with the colter 57 and the nose 89 half way between the bean rows indicated by the dotted lines 95 and 96, so that the double'machine will harvest four rows of beans at a time] The colters 57 are adapted to cut the vines which cross the center lines between the rows so as to separate the beans of one row from the beans of another row. The beans of the rows 96 and are cut and moved toward each other to form a double windrow and the beans of the rows and 94 are out and thrown outwardly.

for the bent ends of the supporting bar 73. i

The frame and machine of the tractor l are heavy enough to more than support the beams 3 and 4 and the harvesting members attached to the beams. so that when desired the handwheel 11 may be operated to raise the harvesting members from the ground so as to travel from one field to another or from one place to another.

Especial attention is called to the crossbar 35 mounted ahead of the members 37 and 3S and the tongues 5L6 connecting the members 37 and 38 to the crossbar 35 and to the means for tilting the prows 63 upwardly and downwardly.

Various. changes may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention as claimed.

I claim:

1. A bean harvester comprising the combination with a tractor, of supporting beams rigidly secured to the tractor and extending forwardly, tilting beams pivotally connected to the rigid beams, a crossbar connecting the forward ends of the tilting beams, and bean harvestingmembers connected to the ends of the crossbar.

2. A bean harvester comprising the combination with a tractor. of supporting beams rigidly secured to the tractor and ex tending forwardly, tilting beams pivotally connected to the rigid beams, a cross bar connecting the forward ends of the tilting beams, bean harvesting members connected to the ends of the crossbar, a beam rigidly connecting the sleds of the bean harvesting members, and means mounted upon the rigid supporting beams for raising and lowering the bean harvesting members.

3. A bean harvester comprising a tractor, beams rigidly connected to the tractor and extending forwardly, tilting beams pivotally connected to the rigid beams, means for tilting the tilting beams, a cross bar connecting the forward ends of the, tilting beams, bean harvesting sleds rigidly connected by a beam, tongues connecting the bean harvesting sleds to the ends of the crossbar, and means for raising and lowering the connecting beam to raise and lower the sleds.

4. In a bean harvester,a sled, a prow pivotally connected to the sled and extending forwardly, means for raising and lowering the-prow, a crossbar, and a tongue connected to the crossbar and connected to the sled.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

0. J. GARDNER. I 

